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Dawana observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Temples near Dawana
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By population, Dawana ranks #127 of 273 villages in Taljhari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dawana is a village of 110 people in 30 households (Census 2011) in Taljhari block, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, the 127th-largest of 273 villages in Taljhari block. Literacy is 18%, 21 points below the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 1,037 women per 1,000 men. It lies 6 km from the Sahebganj district centre, 14 km from Majhua, the nearest town, 12 km from Dhamdhamia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816129, served by Taljhari post office; the LGD village code is 359026. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Barhait, 6 km away. The sarpanch is SUREJ PAHADIYA. The population is estimated at 130 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Salgachhi Santhali →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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